TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS IN RELATION TO THE MASTER LIST AND THE LISTS OF EU APPROVED FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS AND CERTAIN OTHER SPECIFIED FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS

Presented at the meeting of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on 1 February 2018. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS IN RELATION TO THE MASTER LIST OF LISTS AND THE LISTS OF APPROVED FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS

In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 852/2004, establishments preparing foodstuffs must be registered in each Member State. Furthermore, a number of establishments, mainly handling products of animal origin for which hygiene conditions are laid down in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, must be approved by the competent authority of each Member State. According to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, Member States must make up-to-date lists of approved establishments available to other Member States and to the public.

The Commission created a web page with the objective of providing an easy and central access to the different lists of approved food establishments in Member States and certain other countries. It also presented in 2005 to the Standing Committee on Food Safety and Animal Health technical specifications to harmonize and codify the presentation of such lists. The presentation of such lists took full account of data protection legislation.

The objective of this working paper is to set down and update the above mentioned specifications.

Annex I to this document sets down the food establishment sections, requiring approval, in the sequence of the sections in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004. Secondly, other establishments requiring approval were added. Finally, certain establishments, not subject to approval according to EU requirements, but for which intra-EU trade may benefit from the publication of a list, were added for voluntary listing.

Annex II lists the categories of establishments in each section.

Annex III lists activities performed in the main food sectors.

Annex IV provides a model layout for the listing of establishments.

Annex V sets down codes and legends to be used when completing a list of establishments.

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1 Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 1)

2 Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific rules for food of animal origin (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55)

3 Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1) ANNEX I

FORMAT OF THE MASTER LIST

'EU APPROVED FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS AND CERTAIN OTHER SPECIFIED FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS

Establishments handling, preparing or producing products of animal origin for which requirements are laid down in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, must be approved by the competent authority in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004. In addition, approval may be required for certain other establishments in accordance with Article 6(3)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004. This legal basis was used to impose approval of establishments producing sprouts in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 210/2013.

For ease of reference, the lists of approved food establishments are published in the order of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004. A Section 0 has been added to cover establishments with general activity and which cannot be placed under one of the other specific Sections mentioned below.

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4 Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 206)

5 Commission Regulation(EU) No 210/2013 of 11 March 2013 on the approval of establishments producing sprouts pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 68, 12.3.2013, p. 24) PART A: FOOD OF ANIMAL ORIGIN

SECTION 0 General activity establishment SECTION I Meat of domestic ungulates SECTION II Meat from poultry and lagomorphs SECTION III Meat of farmed game SECTION IV Wild game meat SECTION V Minced meat, meat preparations and mechanically separated meat SECTION VI Meat products SECTION VII Live bivalve molluscs SECTION VIII Fishery products SECTION IX Raw milk and dairy products SECTION X Eggs and egg products SECTION XI Frogs' legs and snails SECTION XII Rendered animal fats and greaves SECTION XIII Treated stomachs, bladders and intestines SECTION XIV Gelatine SECTION XV Collagen SECTION XVI Highly refined products

PART B: FOOD OF NON-ANIMAL ORIGIN

SECTION I Sprouts

PART C: NON-MANDATORY LISTING

SECTION I Honey

Note for the webmaster: The numbered section below shall be used as a code in all language versions. However, the title of each section may be expressed in at least one official language of the Community. ANNEX II CATEGORIES OF FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS

Part A

SECTION 0: General activity establishments

- Cold store (Independent, stand-alone)
- Re-wrapping and re-packaging establishment (Independent, stand-alone)
- Wholesale market
- Reefer vessel

SECTION I: Meat of domestic ungulates

- Slaughterhouse
- Cutting plant

SECTION II: Meat from poultry and lagomorphs

- Slaughterhouse
- Cutting plant

SECTION III: Meat of farmed game

- Slaughterhouse
- Cutting plant

SECTION IV: Wild game meat

- Collection centre (voluntarily)
- Game-handling establishment
- Cutting plant

SECTION V: Minced meat, meat preparations and mechanically separated meat

- Minced meat establishment
- Meat preparation establishment
- Mechanically separated meat establishment

SECTION VI: Meat products

- Processing plant

SECTION VII: Live bivalve molluscs

- Dispatch centre
- Purification centre SECTION VIII: Fishery products ✓ Factory vessel ✓ Freezing vessel ✓ Fresh fishery products plant ✓ Processing plant ✓ Wholesale market ✓ Auction hall ✓ Mechanically separated fishery products plant

SECTION IX: Colostrum, raw milk, colostrum-based and dairy products ✓ Collection centre ✓ Processing plant

SECTION X: Egg and egg products ✓ Packing centre ✓ Liquid egg plant ✓ Processing plant

SECTION XI: Frogs' legs and snails ✓ Processing plant

SECTION XII: Rendered animal fats and greaves ✓ Collection centre ✓ Processing plant

SECTION XIII: Treated stomach, bladders and intestines ✓ Processing plants

SECTION XIV: Gelatine ✓ Collection centres and tanneries authorized for supply of raw materials for the production of gelatin for human consumption (voluntarily) ✓ Processing plant

SECTION XV: Collagen ✓ Collection centres and tanneries authorized for supply of raw materials for the production of collagen for human consumption (voluntarily) ✓ Processing plant

SECTION XVI: Highly refined products ✓ Processing plants Part B SECTION I: Sprouts ✓ Producing plants

Part C. Non-mandatory listing SECTION I: Honey ✓ Producing plants\\textsuperscript{6}

\\textsuperscript{6} This should include plants after primary production.

## ANNEX III

### ACTIVITIES IN THE MAIN FOOD SECTORS

| MAIN SECTORS | ACTIVITY CODES | |-----------------------|---------------------------------| | MEAT | CC, CP, CS, GHE, MM, MP, MSM, PP, RW, SH | | MILK | CC, CS, PP, RW | | EGGS | CC, CS, EPC, LEP, PP, RW | | FISHERY PRODUCTS/LBM | AH, CS, DC, FFP, FV, PC, MSFP, PP, RW, WM, ZV, RV | ANNEX IV

LAYOUT FOR INDIVIDUAL LISTS OF APPROVED ESTABLISHMENTS

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| Approval number(^7) | Name | Town/Region | Category(^8) | Associated activities(^9) | Species(^9) | Remarks(^{10}) | TSE feed ban registration authorizations(^{11}) | |----------------------|------|-------------|----------------|-----------------------------|--------------|----------------|----------------------------------| | | | | | | | | |

(^7) Registration number for relevant cold stores in section 0 and plants in section XVI, authorisation number for collections centres and tanneries in sections XIV and XV

(^8) Use codes defined in Annex V for each category/activity. Categories of food establishments are mentioned in Annex II

(^9) Where appropriate, use codes defined in Annex V for each species

(^{10}) Where appropriate, use codes defined in Annex V

(^{11}) This column should be included only if the Member State has chosen "Option 2" of the Technical specifications for harmonised format for the listing of establishments in accordance with Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, using codes laid down in [https://ec.europa.eu/food/sites/food/files/safety/docs/biosafety_food-borne-disease_tse_list_establishments.pdf](https://ec.europa.eu/food/sites/food/files/safety/docs/biosafety_food-borne-disease_tse_list_establishments.pdf)

## ANNEX V

### CODES AND LEGENDS

| CATEGORY/ACTIVITY | SPECIES | REMARKS | |-------------------|---------|---------| | AH = auction hall | A = poultry | bl = blood products | | CC = collection centre | B = bovine | mp = meat products | | CP = cutting plant | C = caprine | pap = meat extracts | | CS = cold store | F = frogs | and any powdered | | DC = dispatch centre | L = lagomorphs | products derived | | EPC = egg packing centre | O = ovine | from meat | | FFPP = Fresh fishery | P = porcine | st = treated | | products plant | S = solipeds | stomachs, bladders | | FV = factory vessel | SN = snails | and intestines | | GHE = game handling | fG = farmed land | co = colostrum and | | establishment | mammals other than | colostrum-based | | HO = honey | domestic ungulates | products | | LEP = Liquid egg plant | R = ratite | | | MM = minced meat | wA = wild birds | | | establishment | wL = wild | | | MP = meat preparation | lagomorphs | | | establishment | wU = wild ungulates | | | MSFP = mechanically | wG = wild land | | | separated fishery | mammals other than | | | products plant | wild ungulates and | | | MSM = mechanically | wild lagomorphs | | | separated meat | | | | establishment | | | | TA = tannery | | | | PC = purification centre | | | | PdP = producing plant | | | | PP = processing plant | | | | RV = reefer vessel | | | | RW = re-wrapping and | | | | repackaging establishment | | | | SH = slaughterhouse | | | | WM = wholesale market | | | | ZV = freezer vessel | | |